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Feeling much better now, after I was sick I stopped by a call centre and had a cry to my family, then fish rang me while I was in the supermarket trying to figure out what wouldn't make me more sick anmd had a cry to him as well. ah, the joys of travelling solo, no one to look after you or feed you, everything is by yourself and most of the time it makes you feel like shit until you meet someone awesome which is always the best part ;) After sleeping in and not leaving the hostel for a few days i decided to push myself out the door and head for Valperiso, a beautiful city 2 hours away from Santiago and a verty popular tourtist spot. As I left I remember thinking to ... read more


Hey guys just a quick one before we head off on a five day hike around the Torres del Paine. It will just be like camping in england as its cold in the south and rains alot, so we have had a lifes worth of training! Had loads of fun in Valparaiso. At first it was a bit dodgy as we stayed near the bus station and were the only tourists for miles-people just stared at us all the time as if we were freaks, so was a bit intimadating (please dont all make loads of comments now about how we are freaks and they should stare!!) hehe! We obviously moved somewhere else the next day, nice little area called Concepcion which had all the acsensors (lifts up the sides of the hills) and was a ... read more
The hills are alive...
Rollercoasters...Chile style
Who is going to win the staring competition?


Mendoza, Argentina (the west coast) and Chile (Santiago and Vina Del Mar) March 6-13 Mendoza, the developing younger cousin of Bordeaux and Napa, has led Argentina in the charge to become one of the world´s largest exporters of wine. Early on Monday the 6th a few of us headed west to Mendoza to test the Argentinian methods for making wine. Mendoza is a surprisingly large (1+ million people) city with a thriving university that keeps it bustling. And with a pronounced urban plan to include lots of parks, wide tree-lined streets, green space dropped back against mountains, I found Mendoza a truly beautiful city through which to wander aimlessly. The first afternoon a few of us went to La Rural, one of the larger vineyards in the neighboring city of Maipu, for an organized tour of ... read more
Wine tasting
Benegas tour
President´s Palace

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso March 21st 2006

Below you’ll find some fresh reflexions upon life in Valparaiso, although I'm not really sure if anyone actually is reading these entries… I'm getting a lot of mails saying: "oh, and your blog looks great, but I haven't quite had time to read it yet.." But anyway, I’m glad people seem to like looking at it at least. This site is for you, so feel free to come with requests (you can post comments down at the end of each entry) on what you want me to write about, if it should be longer, shorter, wittier. more provoking etc. As predicted my life here is now a bit more stable, but I wouldn’t exactly call it everyday life.. I have been working for almost a month now, without really feeling that my life has gotten that ... read more
Crossing the sandunes to get to "Roca Oceanica"
I am "intenting" to do a 5.11b at Roca Oceanica
Boattrip with a few of the "kids" from the project


Here I am in Chile and am trying to learn about this amazing, long country. To help with references I have posted a flag and a map. Hope you enjoy my blog. I will try and keep it updated as much as possible. Here is a quick travelblog.org description of Chile for a mini history lesson: Background: Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its independence in 1810, decisive victory over the Spanish was not achieved until 1818. In the War of the Pacific (1879-84), Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia and won its present northern lands. A three-year-old Marxist government of Salvador ALLENDE was ... read more
chilean flag


I am in Chile as a part of WorldTeach, a volunteer program. Check it out http://worldteach.org/ It is a great organization. I will be working for them through Dec. 06 here is what their website says about the organization, WorldTeach is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides opportunities for individuals to make a meaningful contribution to international education by living and working as volunteer teachers in developing countries. WorldTeach was founded by a group of Harvard students in 1986, in response to the need for educational assistance in developing countries. It also addressed a growing interest among people in the U.S. and elsewhere to serve, teach and learn as volunteers overseas. Since its inception, WorldTeach has placed thousands of volunteer educators in communities throughout Asia, Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Pacific. B... read more
More folks
fearless leaders
Josh, Kelly and Claire at Preston´s b-day party

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso March 12th 2006

Long entry… but exciting weekend with the inauguration… so here goes! Valparaíso Second weekend here, and Chile inaugurated it’s first woman president. What lucky timing we have! On Friday, despite some slight wavering because we had been told by several of our reputable sources that we wouldn’t be able to see anything special, 5 friends and I caught a bus to Valparaíso (Valpo) for 2,900 pesos or about $6. It was about an hour and a half, and on the way my friend Michelle and I planned out a 6 day trip down to the south of Chile, Punta Arenas, to see a penguin colony and a national park, Torres del Paine. Anyway, we arrived in Valpo in the afternoon and began to get a feel for the city. We found a hostel only about 2 ... read more
Me touching the carpet Bachelet would walk on
Bachelet's Inauguration
Lining up infront of the Congress building


So... we arrived safely in Santiago - I nabbed the window seat to once again compete with the Japanese on tacky photo taking. View of the Andes was spectacular - seemed stranged to see that just an hour after leaving BA. Due to us being on a pretty tight schedule we decided to leave Santiago immediately to go onto Valparaiso as we have to fly back out of Santiago next month and can spend more time there then. Valpo was just a two hour bus ride out of Santiago and just from the airport to the hostel we met lots of lovely Chileans helping us with directions etc. All of us have made a note to ourselves to be more helpful to lost tourists when back in the UK. Picked a random hostel out of the ... read more
Posers
fountain
Rickety ascensore est. 1896

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso February 27th 2006

Jeanne et Georges Ce sont les noms des deux bâtiments français que nous avons eu la joie de retrouver dans le port de Valparaiso, de leurs vrais noms la Jeanne d’Arc et le Georges Leygues. Et à leur bord plein de français et d’étrangers aussi mais surtout un très bon ami, Antoine Belot. Le soir de l’accostage, nous sommes invité au cocktail du bord, la Marine sait recevoir, les piñacoladas sont très bonnes, et la visite du bâtiment termine par le carré des élèves officiers et le poste d’Antoine où nous nous posons tranquillement. Le lendemain, mardi, Antoine nous rejoint à la maison à Santiago, après quelques obligations à la capitale. Nous irons nous balader le lendemain dans une vallée au sud-est de la ville, le Cajon del Maipo, qui nous permettra de voir un petit ... read more
Agnes et Tonio dans un ascenseur
Vue des collines de Valpo
Tonio pas content ;o)

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Valparaíso February 25th 2006

Hola We arrived in Santiago and took a bus straight to Valparasio on the coast.. and old pretty city, set in the mountains with lots of colourful houses. First things about Chile, its expensive, the food is all fast food and the people speak really, really fast. They are lucky to have the Andes and a long strip of coast. We spent a day in Viña del Mar, pretending to be posh. We ate food and drank cocktails at a swanky seafood restaurant on the beach. Nothing that special...until loads of teenage girls started hanging around, with pens & autograph books. Then security cordened us off, it was all very strange. We were thinking... maybe its Bono, maybe Franz Ferdinand...Then we noticed we were eating in the same place as a boyband (not sure who...) but ... read more
Fenicular
Viña del Mar




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